# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Mid-Autumn CommuniTea - A Celebration of Tea Culture & Ritual
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節 (zhōng qiū jié) is one of the most important holidays celebrated by many Asian cultures, held on the night with the brightest full moon, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, during harvest time. This year, September 25th, 2025 is the day of the festival! 

Family and friends typically gather together over traditional food, make offerings to ancestors, and eat mooncake while admiring the full moon. People may celebrate slightly differently from country to country, region to region, but many eat and drink while waiting for the moon to reach its fullest roundest circle, which symbolizes harmonious union.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also the time for harvesting crops.

This year on Saturday, September 26th, we are celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with “CommuniTea” - an evening of tea tasting and tea ritual with our Bay Area tea community. Inspired by outdoor communal tea gatherings in Taiwan, we will have multiple tea tables set up throughout our courtyard.

Each table will be run by a guest tea tender who will select teas offering and incorporate any aspects of tea culture, ritual, and conversation that they wish to bring. Participants will get the chance to sit at a table of their choosing for a tea session and then rotate to other tables. We will also have a matcha session available for a small extra fee, and the Teance tea bar will be open with a small selection of Teance teas for anyone who wants to just hang out or take a break from the tea sessions. 

We encourage participants to bring your own cup for tasting and show your tea fellows!

Mooncakes will also be available to order throughout the evening. After the tea sessions are complete at 8pm, we will serve house tea for everyone and hopefully (depending on cloud cover) get the chance to view the moon!

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Event schedule:

5:00-7:50pm: Tea Tasting & Ritual (purchase "General Admission" ticket to attend)

    - 20 minutes each session with 8-10 people.
    - You will sign up for seating for each session when you arrive.
    - You can come 10-15 mins before 5pm to sign up your seats.
    - Six sessions - 5:00-5:20 | 5:30-5:50 | 6:00-6:20 | 6:30-6:50 | 7:00-7:20 | 7:30-7:50
    - More details of each table will be updated!! 

5:00-6:20pm Matcha Ritual Demonstrate: You need to purchase "General Admission + Matcha Ritual" ticket 

    - One 20 minutes session to observe matcha making. You will be served Choan matcha with Japanese treats.
    - Plus any session of Tea Tasting & Ritual
    - Each matcha session has 8 chair seats + 2 Tatami seats.
    - Three available matcha sessions 5:00-5:20 | 5:30-5:50 | 6:00-6:20
    - More details of each match sommelier will be updated!! 

8:00-8:15 Moon Gazing and Admiring

We will drink 2017 Moonlight White tea and view the moon together to complete the CommuniTea gather!!


Register here: https://www.teance.com/mid-autumn-communitea-celebration-tea-culture-ritu.html
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/mid-autumn-communitea-a-celebration-of-tea-culture-and-ritual/200030687296853
- **Event Categories**: harvest-festival, festivals, mid-autumn-festivals, holiday
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Berkeley
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1036 Grayson, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94710
- **lat**: 37.85587
- **long**: -122.28835
- **full address**: 1036 Grayson, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94710

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Mid-Autumn CommuniTea - A Celebration of Tea Culture & Ritual being held?
  - **A:** Mid-Autumn CommuniTea - A Celebration of Tea Culture & Ritual takes place on Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm at 1036 Grayson, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94710.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Mid-Autumn CommuniTea - A Celebration of Tea Culture & Ritual?
  - **A:** Mid-Autumn CommuniTea - A Celebration of Tea Culture & Ritual is organized by Teance Fine Teas.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Mid-Autumn CommuniTea - A Celebration of Tea Culture & Ritual is ideal for festival lovers, culture enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a vibrant, immersive community experience. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Berkeley, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Mid-Autumn CommuniTea - A Celebration of Tea Culture & Ritual sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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